.D 4752 
6 

L879 
Jopy 1 



CLASS OF 1 879 



Rutgers College 



HISTORY TO 1917 



CLASS OF 1879 



Rutgers College 



\/i.^... ! 



HISTORY TO 1917 



COMPILED BY 
ISAAC WILLIAM GOWEN 
HISTORIAN ' 
OF CLASS OF 1879 



Ja. i\j 



/ 87f 



MICHEL & BANK, Printers 
N. Y. Ave. & Humboldt St., Union Hill. 



CLASSICAL SECTION 



JOHN EDMUND ACKERM AN 
185 Main Ave., Passaic, N. J. 

SON of John Henry Ackerman and Margaret Ellen Banta, was a farmer's 
son, from the Dutch stock that settled Northern New Jersey in 
Colonial times. His ancestors on both sides during the Revolution were com- 
pelled to provide for the Hessians and the English at the time of Washington's 
Retreat through Acquackanonk. Born at Slaughterdam, N. J., one of the 
"Damms" (as the Dutch song goes), now Garfield, September 4, 1857, he resided 
in the neighborhood of his birth and went to the little Red School House on the 
Passaic (then a cleaner river than now, we hope), and took his preparatory course 
at "Daddy" Waters' Preparatory School in Paterson, and a finishing year at the 
"Rat Trap", where he first became acquainted with many of 79's famous class, 
who were being whipped into shape for entrance to Rutgers by Prof. Alex. John- 
ston, afterward a noted Professor of History at Princeton College. "Jack," as 
he was dubbed by his classmates, took his share of college fun and study, and 
graced the stage at Junior "Ex" and Senior Commencement, graduating with 
A. B. and receiving the degree of A. M. in 1882. How he missed being a 
fraternity man, no one knows but "Jack," and he has never told. He 
studied law in the offices of Garret Ackerson, Hackensack, and William F. Gaston, 
Passaic, and was admitted to the Bar of New Jersey at the June term 1882. He 
married October 26, 1893, Willamina Grenlie, and has three children, Margaret 
Helen, David Greenlie, Rutgers 1917, and Janet Middleton, Vassar 1920. "Jack" is 
an all-around citizen, as his record shows as Examiner for Public Schools, Repub- 
lican County Committee member, City Treasurer, and Custodian of School Moneys, 
President of Ackerman Realty Company, Secretary and Treasurer of Shade Tree 
Commission of City of 'Passaic. He is a churchman of note, sixteen years an 
Elder in the historic church of Acquackanonk at Passaic, a member of the Board 
of Education of the Reformed Church in America and now on its Executive Com- 
mittee. "Jack" has rooted in his native soil and has proved the truth of Pope's 
lines — 

Happy the man whose wish and care 
A few paternal acres bound. 
Content to breathe his native air 
In his own ground. 



Class of iSjg 

JOSEPH ELMER ALDRICH. 
Joplin, Mo. 

WHILE at College was a member of the Rutgers Branch of the American Bible 
Society ; member of Philo ; was Senior Orator. Politics, Republican. In 
1880, after leaving college, was located in Kansas, exercising his chemical knowl- 
edge in utilizing the refuse matter of an abandoned lead mine. In 1881 he became 
a partner in the Excelsior Crushing and Separating Company, at Galena, Kansas. 
Married on June 21, 1881, Alice H. Bacon, daughter of Judge Joel Bacon, of North 
Adams, Mass. 

ABRAHAM VAN NEST BALDWIN. 
* February 14, 1897. 

SON of Henry Rutgers Baldwin, M. D., L.L.D., Graduate of Rutgers 49, Phi 
Beta Kappa, Trustee of Rutgers, President of New Brunswick Board of 
Health, Surgeon of the local section of the Penn. R. R., President and Treasurer 
of the New Jersey Medical Society, and Elizabeth Van Cortlandt Rutgers, whose 
ancestry includes Dr. Samuel Johnson, D.D., born October 14, 1696, died Jan. 6, 
1772, first President of Columbia College ; William Samuel Johnson, his son, 
second President of Columbia College. "Net", as he was known in '79, was born 
November 16, 1858, at New Brunswick, N. J., and resided there both before and 
after graduation. Prepared at Rutgers Grammar School, entered college in 1875 
and graduated with Class of '79 with degree of A. B. Delta Phi Fraternity. Took 
medical course at New York College of Physicians and Surgeons and interned in 
Charity Hospital. Graduating with high honors in 1882. Entered upon his profes- 
sional life with his honored father. Served his native city as Secretary and Inspec- 
tor of the Board of Health, also as a member of the Board of Education. Became 
Assistant Surgeon of the local section of Penn. R. R. and gave promise of extend- 
ing progress in his profession and civil affairs when his work was finished on Feb. 
14th, 1897. Church connection, Dutch Reformed. Politics, Democrat. Avoca- 
tion, boating; lover of horses. Married Oct. 16, 1895, Mary Jane Bayard Kirk- 
patrick, daughter of Mary Phillips and John Bayard Kirkpatrick, '66 Rutgers. 
Children: Elizabeth Van Cortlandt Rutgers, July 9, 1896; Mary Bayard Kirkpatrick, 
July 11, 1897. Relatives among Rutgers Alumni: Abraham Van Nest, 1792; 
Stephen Van Cortlandt Rensselaer, 1829 ; Abraham R. Van Nest, Jr., 1841 ; John 
Van Nest Baldwin, 1854; Charles Johnson Rutgers, 1854; Alfred J. Baldwin, 
1855; George Van Nest Baldwin, 1856; Henry Rutgers Baldwin, Jr., 1885; 
George Van Nest Baldwin, Jr., 1886. 

ALBERT CHAMBERLAIN BURT. 
275 Front Street, Owego, N. Y. 

SON of Charles A. Burt and Drusilla Tittle. Born at Albany, N. Y., August 2, 
1857, and resided there before entering college. Prepared at Albany Normal 
School and Prof. Collins' Private School, Albany, and Rutgers Grammar School. 
Graduated with Class of '79 with degree of A, B. Has resided at Owego, N, Y., 



Classical Section 

since graduation, following business as a manufacturer. Presbyterian. Republi- 
can. Avocation, Hunting and Fishing. Married at New Brunswick, September 
3, 1879, Rose L. Snedeker, daughter of Cornelius Snedeker and Mary Catherine 
Stonaker. Children: Drusilla C. Burt, June 26, 1882; Martha Beckford Burt, 
Dec. 30, 1886; Mary Elizabeth Burt, June 12, 1892; Helen Montelia Burt, 
August 1, 1897. 

ROBERT ANDERSON COOK. 
Bleecker Place, New Brunswick, N. J. 

SON of George Hammell Cook, L. E. Ph. D., L. L. D., Professor of Geology in 
Rutgers, and State Geologist of New Jersey, and Mary Halsey Thomas. 
Born at New Brunswick, April 7, 1861, and resided there while attending Gram- 
mar School from 1868 — 1875. In College, Captain of '79 Base Ball Team Senior 
Year. Won one mile walk in 9 min, -5 sec. Throwing base ball 339 feet. Delta 
Phi Fraternity, also in Lehigh University, A. M. Rutgers, 1882. Member 
American Ins. M. E., Phi Beta Kappa, and Engineers' Club, New York. Has 
resided at Baltimore, Md.,' Mount Savage, Md., Franklin Furnace, N. J., Beth- 
lehem, Pa., Latrobe, Pa., Liberty, Va., Pine Plains, N. Y., Long Island City, and 
now at New Brunswick. General Manager of iron mining companies, represent- 
ing Portland Cement. Mugwump in politics. Avocation, Fishing. Married at 
New Brunswick, Sept. 23, 1885, Margaret Mcintosh Seabury, daughter of John 
Sidney Seabury and Margaret Anna Stout. Children : Mary Seabury Cook, 
Oct. 13, 1886; Margaret Seabury Cook, May 3, 1889, Smith 1911 ; Seabury Cook, 
Oct. 16, 1895, Annapolis 1917; Sydney Seabury Cook, June 24, 1901. Relatives 
among Rutgers Alumni: Paul Cook, "66; George H. Cook, '05 ; William G. Cook, 
'97. 

WILLIAM CRAMER. 

* April 4, 1899. 

Son' of Thomas Cramer, a Jeweller, and Cordelia Jones. Born at Pough- 
keepsie ('59 or '60). Prepared for College at one of Poughkeepsie's private 
schools kept by S. H. Bishop, and entered college with his boyhood chum Eddie 
Jewett in 1875. "Zip" was his college name, and his skill as pitcher was re- 
cognized by his classmates in Freshman year, and he held this position on the Class 
Nine during his college course. He was Captain of the Class Nine in Sophomore 
year ; Director of the Targum Association ; Delta Phi Fraternity. He became a 
member of the Second Reformed Church of Poughkeepsie in 1876, one of Dr. 
Joachim Elmendorf's "boys," a group of whom were in college at the same time. 
After graduation he studied medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 
New York City. After receiving his professional diploma, he practised in his 
native city, and his success as a physician was due entirely to his professional skill. 
A sentence in his biography in the local press at the time of his death on April 4, 
1899, tells the story of Dr. Cramer's personality in a sentence. "He was not a 



Class of 187Q 

man to push himself to the front, and the position he had attained in the com- 
mimity is a monument to his ability and to his devotion to his profession." 
Cramer never married. His devotion in the care of mother and sister probably 
kept him from marriage. As one of his pastors writes: "He was an able physi- 
cian and was building a fine practice, when at thirty-nine he was called to Higher 
Service." Dr. William Bancroft Hill, who ofificiated at his funeral in 1899, writes 
nearly twenty years after, this beautiful summary of our classmate : "He was quiet, 
genial and kindly ; he had many friends, and his death was much lamented." 

CLARENCE STEPHENS DAVISON. 
Hillside Place, Tarrytown, N. Y. 

SON of Emanuel Richardson Davison, Business Man and U. S. Naval Officer, 
and Sarah Stephens. Born at Tarrytown, N. Y., February 11, 1857, and 
resided there before entering college. Prepared at Jackson Military Institute and 
Columbia Grammar School. Graduated with Class of 79 with degree of A. B. 
and A. M. in 1882. In College, won the Tunis Quick Freshman Prize in Gram- 
mar and Spelling. D. K. E. Fraternity. Studied law in office of Lucius 
T. Yale in Tarrytown and was admitted to the Bar in 1882. Has resided 
at Tarrytown since graduation and served in all organizations save ecclesi- 
astical. Member of Reformed Church. Republican. Avocations, Baseball 
and Greek. Married November 25, 1893, at New York City, Sophy Nitchie 
Cobb, daughter of Rev. Oliver Ellsworth Cobb, D. D., and Cornelia Whitney 
Polhemus. Children: Rulifif Davisbn, March 11, 1896; Cornelius Whitney 
Davison, Nov. 17, 1902; Clarence Stephens Davison, Jr.. July 14, 1906. Rela- 
tive among Rutgers Alumni : Henry Evertson Cobb, '84. Printed briefs and 
unpublished principal writings. A little too early to chronicle my most notable 
achievements. 

ALFRED HOWARD DEMAREST. 
* November 3, 1904. 

SON of David D. Demarest, D.D., I^.L.D., Minister of the Reformed Church in 
America, Professor in New Brunswick Theological Seminary, Trustee of 
Rutgers College, President of General Synod, Vice-President of Huguenot 
Society of America, and Catherine Louisa Nevius. His father's family (David 
des Marest) came from France by way of the Netherlands in the middle of the 
17th Century. His mother's family (Nevius) came from Holland about the same 
time. His mother's father, James Schuerman Nevius, was Justice of the Supreme 
Court of New Jersey. Of such ancestry, "Demy" was born November 3, 1860, 
at Hudson, N. Y., and lived in the Manse until 1865, when his father became Pro- 
fessor at the Seminary, he moved to New Brunswick. Prepared at Rutgers Gram- 
mar School and entered college with '79 and completed the course with third 
honor at graduation. During his course, he won second prize in Peter Spader 



Classical Section - 

Prize in Modern History, Doolittle Prize for Composition, William Wilson Prize 
for Mental Philosophy. Delta Phi Fraternity, Philoclean Literary Society, A. B. 
79, A. M. 1882, D. D. 1901. Studied Theology at New Brunswick Seminary 
1881-1884. Republican. After two years' teaching, at Montgomery, 
N. Y., and South Branch, N. J., licensed and ordained in 1884. Associate 
Pastor and later sole Pastor of the Reformed Church of Staten Island at Port 
Richmond, and became Pastor at Catskill, N. Y., in 1901. After two and a half 
years service, beloved by all, he retired for a six months' rest, which closed his 
earthly ministry November 3, 1904. Relatives associated with Rutgers as Alumni : 
David D. Demarest, '37, father ; James S. N., "72, William H. S., '83, S. DuBois, 
brothers; Morris M. Davidson, '02, nephew; James S. Nevius, '55, uncle; Milton 
Demarest, '92, cousin; as Trustees: John Schuerman, 1782-1795, great-great- 
grandfather ; Henry Polhemus, 1800-1816, great-grandfather ; James D. Nevius, 
1825-1858, grandfather; David D. Demarest, 1858-1898, father; William H. S. 
Demarest, 1899, brother, as President. 

LOUIS AUGUSTUS DU BOIS. 
Kingston, N. Y. 

MEMBER of Alpha Sigma Phi ; played the flute in the Glee Club. Received 
degree of A. B. (Rutgers 1879). Politics, Republican. Began the study 
of law with the firm of Boardman and Boardman, of New York City, October, 
1879. Later attended Columbia Law School, and passed his examinations at 
General Term and was admitted to the New York Bar in February, 1883. In 1884 
he was practising law in New York City. 

JOHN FRELINGHUYSEN. _ 
♦August 14, 1894. 

SON of Frederick Frelinghuysen, Lawyer, Surrogate of Somerset County, 
N. J., Secretary of the Somerset Bible Society, and Victoria Bowen Sher- 
man. On paternal ancestry, he was a grandson of Gen. John Frelinghuysen, a 
granc'-nephew of Theodore Frelinghuysen, who ran for Vice-President of the 
United States with Henry Clay, who was Chancellor of New York University 
from 1839 to 1850, and President of Rutgers College 1850 to 1862. On maternal 
ancestry he was a great-great-grandson of Colonel John Ely of- Revolutionary 
fame. John or "Long John," as his classmates named him, was born at Raritan, 
Somerset County, New Jersey, Sept. 17, 1858. He attended the Public School 
at Raritan, entered Rutgers in June, 1875, and completed his course, receiving the 
degree of A. B. in 1879 and A. M. in 1882. After graduation he studied law in 
the office of his father in Somerville. New Jersey, and was admitted to the Bar in 
1882. In 1884 he was appointed Special Pension Examiner, which position he 
held for two or three years, and then resumed the practice of his profession with 



Class of iS/p 

Clark and Reed. \\''ith the hopes of improving his health, he went south in 1889 
and became Superintendent for two years of the works of the Quitman Lumber 
Co. in southwestern Georgia. Upon his return he formed a law partnership with 
H. K. Gaston in Somerville, which partnership continued until his death at the 
early age of thirty-six years on August 14, 1894. John Frelinghuysen was one 
of those men of whom it could be truthfully said that he had not an enemy. Com- 
manding presence, winsome personality, firm convictions of right and duty, and 
crowning all — a gentleman, he won the confidence and love of his associates in the 
legal profession and held the esteem of the community where he spent all his life. 
Although not a communicant member of the Reformed Church, he was a faithful 
attendant of its services, and lived the spirit of a Christian life, facing with cour- 
age and cheer his long sickness, and in God's out-door life found a strength and 
fellowship which never failed him. He succeeded his father in the Secretaryship 
of the Somerset Bible Society. 

THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN. 
30 Church Street, New York City. 

SON of Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, L. L. D., Attorney General, N. J., U. S. 
Senator, Secretary of State, U. S., and Matilda Elizabeth Griswold. Born 
at Newark, N. J., April 17, 1860. Prepared at Rutgers Grammar School. 
Entered and graduated in Class of '79. Delta Phi Fraternity. Resided at New- 
ark and Providence, but now in New York City. Business connections : Whole- 
sale Coal, Treasurer Coats Thread Co., Treasurer Spool Cotton Co., Vice-Presi- 
dent Clark Mile End Spool Cotton Co. Director in various com- 
panies. Republican. Interested in Trotting Horses. Married Aug. 25, 
1885, x^lice Dudley Coats, daughter of Sir James Coats ; married June 2, 1889, 
Elizabeth Mary Cannon, born Thompson, daughter of Hon. \Villiam G. Thompson 
of Michigan. Children : Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, 1886. 

Relatives among Rutgers Alumni : Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, '36, father ; 
Frederick Frelinghuysen, '68, and George G. Frelinghuysen, '70, brothers. 

ISAAC WILLIAM GOWEN. 
Grove Parsonage, North Bergen, N. J. 

SON of Henry Gowen, of English parentage, in Wiltshire, and Margaret 
Hopper, of Dutch ancestry of the Colonial settlements of New York and 
New Jersey, who served in the Continental Army. Born in New Bnmswick, 
New Jersey, December 29, 1858, and resided there until graduation from the Theo- 
logical Seminar}'. Attended private school in early life and in boyhood entered 
the Public School, which he left in graduating year to enter Rutgers Grammar 
School at the opening of 1875. Took special studies in Latin and Greek with 
Prof. Alexander Johnston and entered with the Class of '79 in June. Played 

8 



Classical Section 

base ball on the "Rat Trap" Nine. In college, took part in athletics. Catcher and 
captain of '79's champion Nine in Freshman year. Quarter-back on College Foot- 
ball Team. Editor of Targum. Charter member of Alpha Rho Chi Psi. First 
Honor Man in scholarship. President of Class in Senior Year. Class Historian. 
Took Brodhead Prize for Classics, Suydam Prize for Natural Science, Van Doren 
Prize for Missions. A. B. 79 ; A. M. '82 ; D. D. 1902 ; Phi Beta Kappa. Taught 
Latin in Rutgers Grammar School 1880. Entered Theological Seminary at New 
Brunswick 1881. Licensed by Classis of New Brunswick 1883. Ordained at Cold 
Spring, N. Y., by Classis of Poughkeepsie, June 26, 1883. Pastor at Cold 
Spring 1883-1885. Became Pastor of the Grove Reformed Church, New Dur- 
ham, 1885, and has served this Church for thirty-two years. Editor of "Mission 
Field," 1888-1892; Associate Editor of "Christian Intelligencer" 1886-1887; Ex- 
po'^itor of Sunday School Lessons in "Christian Intelligencer" 1890-1917; Corres- 
ponding Secretary of Board of Publication and Bible School Work, R. C. A., 
1917; Member of Board of Domestic Missions, R. C. A.; Vice-President of 
the General Synod, 1905, and President of the General Synod, 1915. Member of 
the Council of Hope College, Holland, Michigan ; Member of Board of Super- 
intendents of the Western Theological Seminary, Holland, Michigan. Member of 
the Federal Council Executive Committee. Member of the Commission on Religi- 
ous Education of the Reformed Church. Member of the Sunday School Council 
of Evangelical Denominations. President of the Law and Order Society of 
Hudson County, New Jersey, influential in abolishing race-tracks in New Jersey. 
Member of Board of Directors of American Tract Society, serving on its Execu- 
tive and Distributing Committees. Member of the Clergy Club of New York 
City. Member of the Phi Beta Kappa Alumni of New York. Married at Cold 
.Spring on Hudson, New York, October 15, 1885, Emma Elwell O'Brien, daughter 
of Thomas O'Brien and Phoebe Belinda Elwell. Children : Wilber Thomas 
Gowen, born August 23, 1886, Rutgers 1909; Hazel Margaret (Gowen) Borg, 
born August 30, 1887; May Christine (Gowen) Wilber, born May 17. 1889, Vassar 
1912; William Winthrop Gowen, born March 18, 1891, died January 9, 1906. 
Relatives among Rutgers Alumni : Son AVilber T. Gowen, 1909; Son-in-law Fran- 
cis Edmond Wilber, 1905, son of our classmate Francis A. A\'ilber; George H. 
Gowen, 1904, nephew. 

HERMAN HAGEMAN. J 

Claverack, New York. 

SON of Herman Hageman, Farmer, and Esther A. Lane. Born at Readington, 
N. J., Oct. 14, 1858. Resided at Readington before entering college. 
Attended Public School, Somerset Classical Institute, two years, and Rutgers 
Grammar School six months. Entered college in 1875. Pumped organ in chapel 
two years. Second Honor man at graduation. Fraternity, Delta Upsilon, A. B., 
A. Mv Studied theology at New Brunswick Seminary. Licensed and, ordained 



s 



Class of iS/g 

at Cuddebackville, N. Y., January, 1883. Pastorates : Cuddebackville, N. Y., 5 
years; High Falls, N. Y., 17j/ years; Claverack, N. Y., 12 years. Stated Clerk 
of the Particular Synod of New York 1901-1917'. Married at South Branch, 
N. J., May 9, 1883. Ritie Van Camp Amerman, daughter of Theodore Amerman 
and Jane Van Camp. Children: Theodore A., Jan. 10, 1886; Esther A., May 
19, 1887 ; Genevieve A., July 24, 1891 ; Herbert C, June 18, 1898. Relatives 
among Rutgers Alumni: Rev. Andrevv^ Hageman, '7,1, brother; Theodore A., son; 
Peter K., '79, cousin. 

PETER KENNEY HAGEMAN. 

Liberty Corner, New Jersey. 

ON of John A. Hageman, Farmer, and Harriet P. Kenney, both of Holland 
blood. Born at Bound Brook, N. J.. Dec. 7, 1859, and resided there until 
graduation. Prepared at Public School at Union Dale, between Bound Brook and 
Middlebush. Classical studies at Rev. Wm. Cornell's Classical Institute, Somer- 
ville. United with Presbyterian Church of Botmd Brook at age of eleven. Taught 
Public School at Union Dale. Entered college with Class of '79 and graduated 
among the first sixteen of class. Commencement orator on topic "Progress of 
Civilization." Studied theology at New Brunswick Seminary. Licensed biy 
Classis of Brunswick, May, 1882, and ordained by Classis of Orange, Aug. 8, 
1882. Pastor at Shawangunk, N. Y., 1882-1890; \\^est Coxsackie, N. Y., 1890. 
1894; Middletown, 1894-1902; Central Bridge, N. Y., 1903-1906. Assistant 
Pastor North Reformed Church, Newark, 1906-1911. Resided at Somervtlle, 
1911-1912, without charge. Pastor Liberty Comer Presbyterian Church, 1912- 
1917. Degrees: A. B., A. M., 1882. Organized and was President of \\'allkill 
Valley C. E. Union 1889-1890. Stated Clerk of Classis of Orange 1887-1890. 
Stated Clerk of Classis of Schoharie 1903-1906. County Secretary of Monmouth 
County Bible Society 1896-1902. President of Greene Co. Local Union, C. E., 
1891-93. Republican in politics. Avocation, Bowling and Automobiling. 
Married at Jersey City, June 16, 1886, Julia L. Perlee, daughter of Abraham Beek- 
man Perlee and Magdalena Talmage Hodge, through mother's family, connection 
of the Talmage family. No children. Relatives among Rutgers Alumni : Cousins : 
Rev. Andrew Hageman, '71; Rev. Herman Hageman, '79; Drew W. Hageman, 
James Hageman, uncle to Aaron Martin Hageman, '12. 

EDWARD WOOLSEY JEWETT. 
Union Club, New York City. 

SON of Jacob B. Jewett, Lawyer, and Maria E. Bayley. Born at Poughkeepsie, 
N. Y., October 27, 1858, and resided there until entering college. Prepared 
at Bishop's school, Poughkeepsie. Graduated in Class of '79. Member of Class 
Nine. Delta Phi. Has resided in New York City since graduation. Member of 
Stock Exchange. Member of Reformed Church. Republican. Avocation. Golf. 
Unmarried, 

10 



Classical Section 

WILLIAM KAMP. 
Belleville, Kansas. 

SON of Jacob Kamp, bricklayer, and Jannitje Monster. Born at Pella, Iowa, 
July 31, 1856, where he lived and went to common school until he entered 
Rutgers Grammar School in 1874. Graduated in 1879. Class President during 
Junior Year. Business Manager of Targum, Senior Year. Professional studies 
at Albany Medical College, Albany, N. Y., 1882, Chicago Post Graduate, 1899. 
Resided at Republic, Kansas, 1 year, Saratoga, N. Y., 1 year, Belleville, Kansas, 
32 years. Member of Board of Education ; County Health Officer 1910-1912. 
City Council 1910-1912. Mayor of City of Belleville, Kansas, 1913-14. President 
of County Medical Society. Politics, Democrat. Avocation, Hunting, Fishing, 
Automobiling. Married at Republic, Kansas, June 7, 1885, Morfydd O. Davies. 
No children. 

SEAMAN MILLER. i 

2 Rector Street, New York City. 

SON of Amos Miller and Elizabeth Clum, was born at Clermont, Columbia 
County, New York, on May 11th, 1857. Resided at Linlithgo, Columbia 
County, until entering college. Prepared at Hudson Academy and was the 
heavy-weight member of the Class of '79. He took full part in college activities, 
literary and athletic. Was a member of Delta Upsilon Fraternity and Philoclean 
Literary Society, Valedictorian in 1879 and Master Orator 1882. Seaman Miller 
was admitted to the Bar of the State of New York two years after graduation, 
and has since that time practised as an attorney and counselloT- of law in New 
York City. A case in which he appeared as attorney for the Church of the Holy 
Trinity of New York, and which the United States Supreme Court decided in 
favor of the Church, attracted universal attention and interest. The United 
States Government sought to have declared the proposition that the Church of 
the Holy Trinity violated the contract labor law in calling to this country as its 
Rector, the Reverend E. Walpole Warren, a distinguished divine of England. 
The federal statute was very broad in its terms prohibiting importation to perform 
labor or service of any kind, and while the United States Circuit Court sustained 
the contention of the Government, the Supreme Court, by unanimous decision, 
declared the Act inapplicable to clergymen, and established what has since been 
known as the Rule of Reason in the interpretation of statutes and the Con- 
stitution. Coincident with his general practice. Miller was Assistant United 
States District Attorney under the Cleveland administration. Assistant District 
Attorney of New York County under Col. John R. Fellows, and since the passage 
of the Bankruptcy Act in 1898, has been a Referee in Bankruptcy for the 
Southern District of New York. Married in New York City, Sept. 20, 1883^ 
Edith Collyer. 

11 ■" 



Class of 187Q 

ASHER MURRAY. 

Wadena, Minnesota. • 

SON OF William Murray, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New 
York, L. L. D. of Hamilton College, and Rachel Maria Merwin. Born at 
Delhi, N. Y., September 21, 1858, where he resided before entering college. , Pre- 
pared at Delaware Academy and graduated there in 1874. Entered Rutgers in 
1874 with Class of '78, but owing to impaired health, entered '79 in Sophomore year 
and graduated with honor. A member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity and Phi 
Beta Kappa. Studied law in the office of Hon. Isaac H. Maynard at Delhi, N. Y., 
and admitted to the Bar at Wadena, Minnesota, Jan. 1, 1881, where he has resided 
since 1880. His Real Estate Loan and Insurance Business at Wadena, has added 
to his professional career a wider influence. He has been a Probate Judge of 
Wadena County for fifteen years, from 1887 to 1902, and a member of the Minne- 
sota Legislature 1905-1907. Married at St. Paul, Minnesota, September 29, 1881. 
Susie O. Merwin, and his children are : Arthur C. Murray, July 25, 1882 ; Annie 
M. Murray (loset), July 18, 1884; Ethel S. Murray. Feb. 6, 1888; WilUam A. 
Murray, July 29, 1890; Harold D. Murray, Dec. 19, 1892; Edward Whitney 
Murray, Jan. 26, 1898; Asher Murray, Jr., Nov. 26, 1899; Susie O. Murray, Jr., 
Feb. 2, 1902. Relative among Rutgers Alumni : His brother, David Murray, of 
Class of '76. 

ABRAM VAN LIEW PUMYEA. 
* December 6, 1895. 

SON of Isaac Williamson Pumyea, Commission Merchant and Farmer, and 
Catherine Reid Van Dyke. His ancestors, the Pumyea's, (Pommiers) were 
French Huguenot" settlers in New Jersey about 1650-1680. On his mother's side 
his great-great-grandfather, John Reid of Scotland, was a noted surveyor living 
near Freehold. "Pum", as he was known in '79, was born on a farm at Three 
Mile Run near New Brunswick, Sept. 9, 1856, and lived there until after he left 
college. Attended the country school at Three Mile Run and the "rat trap" with 
his future '79 chums, where he delivered the Valedictory of the class. Entered 
Rutgers in 1875. Speaker at Commencement. Graduated in 1879 with honors, 
with degree of B. A. M_, A. degree in 1883. Connected with the Dutch Reformed 
Church in New Brunswick and after residence in Mt. Holly united with the Pres- 
byterian Church, and became anElder. Studied law in office of Frederick Voorhees 
at Mt. Holly, N. J., and admitted to the Bar as attorney in 1882, and made Coun- 
sellor at Law five years later. Followed his profession in Mt. Holly, N. J., until 
his death in 1895. Married in Trinity Church. Mt. Holly, March 9, 1886, Anna 
Broomhall Curtis, daughter of John Curtis and Elizabeth Coppuck. His three 
children are: Nelson DeW^itt Pumyea, Jan. 29, 1887; Helen Curtis Pumyea 
June 6, 1889; Florence Cross Pumyea, Oct. 23, 1895. Relatives among Rutgers 
Alumni: John V. D. Pumyea, 1863, Isaac Pumyea, 1874, and Nelson D.. W. 
Pumyea, 1882 (brothers). ■ 

12 



Classical Section 

DE WITT GILBERT ROCKEFELLER. 
* December 10, 1913. 

SON of Frederick Rowe Rockefeller, farmer, and Magdalene Van Valkenburg. 
Born at Lansing's Corners, New York, September 30, 1852. Resided at 
Normansville, New York, and attended High School in Albany, New York. 
Prepared at "Rat Trap" and entered college with a group of Rutgers "Prep" boys 
in 1875. "Roxy" was a loyal '79 member, and could be counted upon in every 
crisis of college life for a full share. Excelled in oratory and graced the stage at 
junior "Ex" and Commencement. Graduated from School of Oratory, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. Graduated in 1879 with degree of A. B., which was supplemented 
by A. M. in 1882. Charter member Alpha Rho Chi Psi. Studied for the ministry 
at New Brunswick Theological Seminary, and in 1882 licensed by the Classis of 
Albany and ordained by the Classis of Illinois as Pastor of the Reformed Church 
of Norwood Park, Chicago. After his pastorate in the Reformed Church, he held 
charges in the Presbyterian Churches at New Scotland, N. Y., 1884-1888, and 
Whitehall, N. Y., 1889-1892. Then he served the Presbyterian Church as an 
Evangelist, 1892-96. Returning to the Reformed Church, he held pastorates at 
Lawyersville and Cobleskill, N. Y., 1896-98, Stuyvesant,. N. Y., 1898-1906; 
A/[ariners Harbor, Staten Island, 1906-13, and West New Hempstead, N. Y., 1913, 
where he died December 10, 1913. 

Married at New Brunswick, New Jersey, Saide Smith, whose son William 
Allison Rockefeller survives both father and mother. Married Eleanor S. Sher- 
man at Greenfield Centre, Saratoga County, New York, June 24, 1896. 

ERNEST LINWOOD RUNYON, A. M. 
Robinson Station, Md. 

SON of Elias and Cornelia Rue Runyon. Prepared for college at Lawrence- 
ville C.&C.H.S. Member of the Zeta Psi Fraternity; Dramatic Association; 
class baseball team. Junior and Senior years; winner of the standing jump, Junior 
year. Received degree of A. M. (Rutgers, 1882). Politics, Republican. Member 
of the Baptist Church. After graduation was occupied in the ventilating and 
heating business. For a number of years has been farming in Maryland. 

JOHN H. SCARLET. 

Newton ville. New York. 

SON of James and Mary Scarlet, was born at Elizabeth, -N. J., Dec. 24, 1852. 
His early years as an orphan were spent at Elizabeth and South Branch, 
New Jersey, where he prepared for college under private tuition by his Pastor, 
and entered college as a member of our class. He was one of a group of "79 men, 
students for the ministry, that lived at Hertzog Hall, who were by no means the 
"anaemic type" of theologues of literature, but the red-blooded type of the modern 

13 



Class of i8^p 

ministry. Those old walls on Seminar)^ Hill could tell stories of frolics of fun 
after evening prayers, in which "Jack" was always present. He was a charter 
member of Alpha Rho Chi Psi, and was an orator at Commencement, and entered 
Phi Beta Kappa at graduation. He took his theological course at the Seminary in 
New Brunswick and was ordained by the Presbytery of New Brunswick as pastor 
of the Presbyterian Church at Ringoes, which he served from 1882-1886. He was 
pastor of Reformed Church of Feura Bush, Albany County, New York, 1892- 
1900. His marriage with Elizabeth Voorhees of South Branch, N. J., on October 
25, 1882, was blest with two children, J. Ernest, born August 15, 1887, and Edna, 
born January 17, 1891, whose death in 1900 is the minor in the carol in "Jack's" 
life story. His life since 1900 has been spent on a small farm at Newtonville, near 
Albany, where impaired hearing prevents his return to his loved calling of the 
gospel ministry. Relatives among Rutgers Alumni : George W. Scarlet, '80, 
brother; Edward B. Voorhees, '81, brother-in-law. 

CORNELIUS SCHENCK. 
904 West Front Street, Plainfield, N. J. 

SON of Josiah J. Schenck, farmer, and Catherine Elizabeth Stryker. Born at 
Weston, Somerset County, N. J., September 5, 1856, and resided at Weston, 
East Millstone, and New Brunswick before entering college. Prepared at the 
"Rat Trap" and entered Rutgers with his classmates there in 1875. Member of 
Baseball Nine, both Class and College Nines. Member of Delta Upsilon Frater- 
nity. Graduated in 1879 with degree of A. B. Master's degree 1882. Studied 
theology at New Brunswick Seminary and licensed by Classis of New Brunswick 
at his graduation in 1882. Ordained by the Classis of Philadelphia, June, 1882. 
Pastor of Reformed Church of Manayunk, and resided at Roxborough 1882-1887. 
Pastor of Trinity Reformed Church, Plainheld, 1887-1908. His successful 
pastoral labors in Plainfield were providentially interrupted by illness December 
14, 1906, and he has been an invalid since. An attack of pneumonia in 1905 has 
left him incapacitated. Pastor Emeritus 1908-1917. His political preference 
Republican. Married at Roxborough, Pa., January 26, 1888, Sarah Elizabeth 
Williams, and his children are : Cornelius Frelinghuysen Schenck, born July 19, 
1890, and Harold William Schenck, born July 6, 1892, both Rutgers Alumni of 
Class of 1913. His brothers, Jacob W. Schenck, Class of 1870, and Isaac S. 
Schenck of Class of 1873, and his classmate George V. Van Neste, his cousin, 
are among Rutgers Alumni. 

EZEKIEL CARMAN SCUDDER. 
Ranipet, India. 

SON of Ezekiel Carman Scudder, M. D., D. D., and grandson of Dr. John 
Scudder, the founder of the great missionary family, who was a grandson 
of the illustrious New Jersey patriot, Col. Nathaniel Scudder, who represented 
New Jersey in the Second Continental Congress, also a signer of the articles of 
Confederation, who was killed leading his regiment at the Battle of Monmouth. 

14 



Classical Section 

His mother's maiden name was Sarah Ruth Tracy. 

"Zeke," as he is affectionately known by 79 men, was born at Arni, India, 
June 25, 1856, and remained there until the age of four years, when he was sent to 
America, to be brought up by his uncle. Dr. Joseph Scudder, at Passaic, 
New Jersey, and Upper Red Hook, New York, at both of which places 
Carman, as he was known to them, went to school in boyhood. From Upper Red 
Hook "Zeke" came to Rutgers College and matriculated with our famous class in 
June, 1875. He had his share of college honors, both in the Glee Club and Tar- 
gum management. He was a member of the Peithessophian Literary Society. 
His fraternity was Delta Phi. Degrees conferred, A. B. 1879, A. M. 1882. Pre- 
pared for ministry at New Brunswick Theological Seminary, and licensed by the 
Classis of Hudson 1882. Ordained for missionary service in India, to which he 
went in 1882, remaining until 1900, when he returned to America and resided at 
Asbury Park with his father. In 1901 he became pastor at VVanaque, New Jer- 
sey, remaining there until he accepted an appointment to India as the Missionary 
of the Grove Reformed Church, whose Pastor, I. W. Gowen, was his classmate. 
As a Missionary he has made a record in organizing and administering Trade 
School work at Arni, India. He was the first missionary to use the bicycle in 
touring, and later devised a touring "unit' with gypsy wagon, specially constructed 
tents, and equipage, which is a model of convenience, comfort and efficiency. 
Majtfied Minnie \V. Pitcher, sister of Rev. Philip Pitcher, Rutgers 1882, and after 
six years of happy labors together, was called to part with her in 1888. In 1891, 
he married Mabel Tones at San Antonio, Texas, and after a few years, his wife 
became an invalid and ever since, with brave courage and sublime devotion, he has 
cared for her, while carrying on his missionary work with no whit less consecra- 
tion and energy. Through all these years the beauty, strength, and manliness of 
his character have stood out in heroic proportions, impressive alike to both native 
and missionary observers. Relatives : All the Scudders in Rutgers' Almuni, 17 
in all. 

THEODORE SHAFER. 
Manito, Illinois. 

SON of Francis J. Shafer, Farmer, Merchant, Captain of Militia, N. Y., 
' Albany County, and Rebecca Van Zandt Secor. Born at Cedar Hill, N. Y., 
March 16, 1856, and resided there until entering college. Prepared at District 
.School up to 14 years. Grade School, Albany, N. Y., 14 to 16 years, Rutgers Pre- 
paratory till he entered college in 1875 In college won Spader History Prize, 
in athletics won the Running High Jump. Fraternity Delta Upsilon. Graduated 
at Rutgers with A. B. in 1879. A. M. in 1882. Graduated at New Brunswick 
Seminary 1882. Licensed at Albany, N. Y., May 18, 1882, and ordained at 
Newark, N. J., May 22, 1882. Pastor at Newark, N. J., Greenwich, N. Y., 
Reynolds, N. Y., Millstone, N. J., Manito, 111., Trinidad, Col, Kansas City, Mo., 
Tongonaxie, Kansas, now pastor at Manito, 111. Politics, Democrat. Married 

15 



Class of iSiQ 

May 14, 1884, at New Brunswick, Katharine B. Woodruff Stout, daughter of 
David \A'oodruff and Frances Bragaw. Children : Mary Sherman Shafer, May 
22, 1885; Katherine Heath Shafer, March 6, 1887; Florence Louise Shafer 
(adopted). May 17, 1903. Relatives among Rutgers Alumni: Zwinglius F. 
Shafer, 1895 ; Luman T- Shafer, 1909. 



. JOHN LETSON STILLWELL. 
Somerville, New Jersey. 

SON of Rev. Aaron L. Stilwell, Pastor of Bayonne Reformed Church, and 
Rosena Johnson, and descended from Judge Aaron Longstreet and Hon. 
Thomas Johnson, one of the leading lawyers of New Jersey, whose portrait hangs 
in the Court House at Flemington, N. J. Born at Bayonne, N. J., December 17, 
1859, and resided at Bayonne, White House, and Readington before entering col- 
lege. Attended Somerset Classical Institute. Graduated with Class of "79, A. B., 
A. M. Graduated at New Brunswick Seminary in 1882 and was licensed by 
Classis of Raritan and ordained by Classis of Orange 1887. Pastor at Montague 
1882-1884, Athenia 1884-86, Bloomingburgh 1886-1902, Buskirk 1902-1908, 
Princetown 1908-1917. Politics, Prohibition. Married Sept. 18, BlandinS M. 
Cuddeback, daughter of Kiting Cuddeback and Alma B. Kiting. Children : Kiting 
C. Stillwell, May 26, 1888; Aaron Longstreet Stillwell, March 13, 1891, died July 
5, 1905. Relatives among Alumni : Rev. Aaron L. Stillwell, 1851, father; Aaron L., 
Stillwell, 1886; Peter Stillwell, 1886. Among his ancestors were William Johnson, 
a Professor in Science in Charleston, S. C, who gave Princeton College the 
original electrical machine of Benjamin Franklin, and also Major Robert Stock- 
ton, a Revohitionary patriot. 

JOHN TKRHUNK. 
Matawan, N. J. 

SON of William Letson Terhune, Rutgers A. B. 1835, A. M. 1838, and Marg'aret 
Little. Great-grandfather Abraham Terhune was First Lieutenant in Capt. 
Van Deventer's Regiment, N. J. Militia, during the Revolutionary War. W^ilHam 
Little his grandfather on his mother's side, started the first school and the first 
bank in Matawan. Born Matawan, N. J. While at college was a member of the 
Peithessophian Literary Society ; class baseball team. Sophomore, Junior and 
Senior years ; American Bible Society. Studied law and was admitted as attorney 
and counsellor at law to the New York Bar in 1881. Practised his profession for 
a time. For the last number of years has been cashier of the First National Bank, 
Long Branch, N. J. 

16 



Classical Section 

JOHN CLARENDON TODD. 
41 North Broadway, Tarrytown, New York. 

SON of Rev. John Adams Todd, D. D., Mmister of Reformed Church, President 
of General Synod, and Mary Hedges. Born at Tarrytown, N. Y., Aug. 12, 
1857, and resided there before entering college. Prepared at Jackson Military 
Institute and Rutgers Grammar School. Graduated with Class 79. In college 
Captain of Boat Club, Fraternity D. K. E. Studied medicine at College of Physi- 
cians and Surgeons, N. Y. City, 1879-1882. Has practised at Tarrytown since, 
and held positions of Trustee of School, Health Officer, Member of Staff Tarry- 
town Hospital. Degrees, A. M. 1882, M. D. 1882. Member of Reformed Church. 
Republican in politics. Married at New Brunswick, June, 1884, Elizabeth Ten 
Broeck, daughter of Ralph Van Dyck Ten Broeck and Jane Beekman. Children: 
Jeanette Hedges Todd, June 18, 1890; Ralph Ten Broeck Todd, June 2, 1892; 
Mary Todd, August 21, 1897. Relatives among Rutgers Alumni: John A. 
Todd, '45, father, and Ralph T. B. Todd, '15, son. 

GEORGE VAN DYCK VAN DER VEER. 
3 West Main Street, Somerville, New Jersey. 

SON of Isaac Van der Veer, Farmer, and Mary Skillman. Born near Rocky 
Hill, Montgomery Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, September 10, 
1859. Resided at Rocky Hill and Somerville before entering college. Prepared 
at District and private Schools until 1872, when he entered Somerville Classical 
Institute and prepared for college. Entered college in 1875 and graduated with 
degree of B. A. in 1879. A. M. in 1882. Member of Delta Upsilon. Studied 
law in office of John D. Barbine, Somerville, N. J., and admitted to Bar of New 
Jersey, June, 1882. Has resided at Somerville since leaving college, from 1879- 
1909, and at Dunellen, 1909-1916. Attends Reformed Church, but not a mem- 
ber. Democrat in politics. Married in New York City, February 16, 1888, 
Adelle Evans Peters. His children : Karel Van Dyck Van der Veer, September 
28, 1890; Mary Katryine Van der Veer, June 7, 1892; Schuyler Hanford Van 
der Veer, December 12, 1895, and two other children long deceased. 

' GEORGE VREDENBURGH VAN NESTE. 
Hopewell, New Jersey. 

SON of John Vredenburgh Van Neste, Farmer, and Mary T. Stryker. Born 
at Weston, Somerset County, N. J., September 12, 1856, and resided at 
Weston until entering college. Attended District School at Weston, Public 
School at Millstone, N. J., and Rfev. William Cornell's Classical Institute at 
Somerville, N. J. Lived on farm. Entered college with class in 1875 and 
graduated 1879. Philoclean Society member. A. B., A. M. 1882. Graduated 
Jefiferson Medical College 1883. Resided at Weston and Millstone until 1894, 

17 



Class of iS/p 

and at Hopewell, Mercer County, N. J., up to present time. Medical Examiner 
for Prudential Insurance Co. for 30 years. Reformed and Presbyterian. Re- 
publican. Avocation, Quoits and Tennis. Married October 1884, at Somerville, 
N. J., Mary Ann Lane, daughter of Cornelius Lane and Gertrude Staats. Married 
again at Lamington, N. J., Anna A'an Nest, daughter of John Van Nest and Jane 
Dickinson. Children : Cornelius L. Van Nested born January 9, 1888 ; iMarian 
L. Van Nest, July 20, 1890. Relative among Rutgers Alumni: Rev. John A; 
A'an Neste, 72. 

DAVID DEMAREST ZABRISKIE. 
Ridgewood, New Jersey. 

SON of John A. Zabriskie and Jane Demarest. Born at Paramus, N. J., Nov. 
27, 1856, and resided there until entering college. Prepared at Erasmus 
Hall Academy at Flatbush 1870-1875. Graduated with Class of 79. Class 
President in Freshman year and Class Treasurer in Senior year. Chi Phi Frat- 
ernity. 'After graduation studied law at Columbia College Law School 1879- 
1881, also in office of Collins and Corbin, Jersey City. Admitted to Bar at 
November term 1882. Resided since leaving college at Paramus until 1884. Since 
1884 at Ridgewood. Member of Assembly, New Jersey, 1894-95, County Judge 
of Bergen County 1898-1908, President of North Jersey Title Insurance Company 
since 1908. Trustee of Holland Society of New York from 1908. Methodist. 
Republican. Married at New Brunswick, Oct. 21, 1883, at First M. E. Church, 
Lizzie S. Suydam, daughter of Isaac S. Suydam and Mary Runyon. Daughter, 
Ethelyn S. Zabriskie, born Sept. 7, 1884, died August 5, 1905. 



CLASSICAL NON-GRADUATES 



WILLIAM JAMES BAILEY. 
* March 13, 1878. 

SON of Asa Bailey, Farmer, and Jane Kinney. Born at Cedar Hill, New York, 
1856. Attended Public School at Cedar Hill in boyhood. Lived with his 
uncle. Rev. William E)ailey, at White House, New Jersey, during preparatory 
course. Entered with Class of 79 as a student for the Gospel Ministry. Bailey 
was a big, good-natured, lovable fellow, a diligent student and an earnest Christ- 
ian worker. In college and class prayer meetings and in the College Y. M. C. A., 
he was to be depended upon. During his college course he lived at Hertzog Hall, 
and was one of the group of 79 men who lodged there and had good times to- 
gether with other 79 men from elsewhere to keep them company. The saddest 
day in our college course was March 13, 1878, in our Junior year, when, after a 
week's illness of typhoid, William J.Bailey passed into theHomeland. A delegation 
of classmates accompanied his body up the Hudson after the chapel services, at 
which the whole College assembled and President Campbell and Prof. Jacob 
Cooper made addresses. The ministry lost a noble and faithful pastor, and the 
Class of 79 its only member by death during our four years at Rutgers, yet we 
have kept his memory green at every re-union. 

FRANK BRUEN CONOVER. 
Tififany Studios, 347-355 Madison Ave., New York City. 

SON of Charles Haight Conover, Farmer, and also for 10 years County Judge 
of Monmouth County. New Jersey, and Marianna Bruen, daughter of Judge 
Cyrus Bruen and Eliza Anne Henderson. Conover, orginally Couwenhoven, 
emigrated to America 1630, settled Rensselaer Wyck, now Albany, N. Y., third 
generation to Monmouth County, N. J., in 1701. Bruen, origyially Le Brun, 
French Huguenot, escaped the massacre, settled in England, gave name to "Bruen- 
Stapeford," thence to America. All ancestors in Revolution — Grandfather. 
Thomas Henderson, Colonel of Continentals, distinguished at Battle of Mon- 
mouth, June 28, 1778. "Judge," as he was known in college days, spent his boy- 
hood at Marlboro or Freehold, attending Marlboro Select School 1868-1872. and 
Freehold Institute 1872-1876, when he entered Class of 79 at beginning of 
Sophomore year. Spent 76, 77. 78 with class, but did not graduate. Manager 
of Baseball Nine one year. D. K. E. Fraternity. Has lived since at 
Freehold 1879-1893, Ausbury Park 1893-1908, New York City 1908-1916 in 
winter and Allenhurst. N. J., in summer. President of Seacoast National Bank, 
1903 to 1908 ; Vice-Pres. of Tiffany Studios 1908-1916. Episcopalian. Democrat 
with mental reservations. Baseball the nearest sport, then Golf ; and Auction 
Bridge for indoor preference. Twice married. Second marriage in 1914 to 
Lillian Post, daughter of Abram and Margaret Post, of Jersey City, N. J. Chil- 
dren : Dorothy Conover, born August 28, 1892 ; one child died in infancy. 

19 



Class of i8yp 

CRAWFORD CROSBY. 
* June 19, 1885. 

SON of Edward Crosby, Dry Goods Merchant, and Caroline Crawford. Born 
at Kingston, Ulster County, New York, May 11, 1858. Prepared for college 
at Kingston Academy and Rutgers Grammar School. Entered Rutgers College 
in 1875 at the age of sixteen, a rosy-cheeked Freshman, popular with his class- 
mates, who dubbed him "Pits," from some incident in his career long since for- 
gotten. He continued with the class of 79 until well along in his Junior year, 
when he returned to Kingston and began the study of law with Hon. William 
Lounsberry. In 1881, after passing a briUiant examination at Saratoga, he was 
admitted to the Bar of New York, and opened an office at Kingston in the Crosby 
Building, Wall and John Streets, and continued so engaged until the time of his 
death. Fraternity D. K. E. Politics, Democrat. Attended Reformed Church. 
Crosby was a social and popular young man, possessed of many estimable traits 
of character, and was known throughout Ulster County, New York, as an excel- 
lent speaker, having given promise of oratorical ability in college, dividing with 
one of his classmates the prize in Sophomore year. His early death on June 19, 
1885, closed a life which in boyhood gave great promise of a .successful career. 

ALONZO CLARENCE DINGMAN, A. B., LL. B. 
Herkimer, N. Y. 

BORN at Minden, Montgomery County, N. Y., August 23, 1858. Attended 
Rutgers 1875-1876. In 1876 entered the Sophomore Class at Union College, 
from which he graduated in 1879 with the degree of A. B. Received degree of 
LL. B. from Albany Law School, 1881. Began the practice of law at Fort Plain, 
N. Y., 1882. Deputy County Clerk of Herkimer County, N. Y., from August 2, 
1898, to January 1, 1916. 

JASON SHERWOOD HOFFMAN. 
Flemington, New Jersey. 

SON of Nathan Hoffman (born Nov. 30, 1820 and still living) and Catherine 
Elizabeth Hofifman. Born at Lebanon, N. J., December 20, 1858, and 
residing at Lebanon before entering preparatory work at Somerville and Rutgers 
Grammar School. Entered college in 1875 and remained two years and two 
months. Since leaving college, has resided in Hunterdon County, the last twenty 
years at Flemington. Was a public school teacher for 16 years and has occupied 
the position of County Superintendent of Hunterdon County for 21 years. Pres- 
byterian. Republican. Married Feb. 16, 1881, at High Bridge, N. J., Jennie Eva 
James, daughter of Llewellyn James. Children: Margaret James Hofifman, 
March 4, 1882 ; Mabel Lydia Hoffman, Dec. 23, 1884 ; Nellie Janette Hoffman. 
March 5, 1886 ; William Allen Larue Hoffman, Sept. 16, 1888. 

20 



Classical Non-Graduates 

WILLIAM ELLSWORTH JARRARD. 
* September 14, 1903. 

SON of Levi T. Jarrard, was born in New Brunswick, N. J., October 3rd, 1859. 
He attended public school in boyhood. Prepared for college in Rutgers 
Grammar School. Entered college with Class of '79. Member of the Class Nine. 
Played centre field. Upon leaving college in Junior year, he removed to Lansing; 
Michigan, where he resided until his death. He served for some years as Comp- 
troller of Lansing, and later, until his death, held a position in the Auditor's de- 
partment in that city. He died September 14th, 1903, at Holly, Mich. His wife 
and three children survive him. 



CHARLES COOPER POLK, A. B. 

ATTENDED Rutgers 1875-1876, when he left to go to Princeton University, 
which was nearer his home. Received degree of A. B. (Princeton, 1879). 
Lawyer. State's Attorney and County Judge, Meade County, South Dakota. 



HENRY GRANVILLE SHARPE. 
Care of War Department, Washington, D. C. 

SON of Gen. George Henry Sharpe, Major General U. S. Volunteers, 1865, anl 
Caroline Hone Hasbrouck, of Huguenot and Dutch ancestry. Born at 
Kingston, Ulster County, N. Y., April 30, 1858. Resided at Kingston before 
entering college. Prepared at Phillips' Academy, Andover, Mass., entered Class 
of '79 and remained a year, leaving to enter U. S. Military Academy at West 
Point, graduating with the Class of 1880. Has resided at many Army Stations 
in this country, Porto Rico, and Phillipine Islands. Held many offices in U. S. 
Army. Present rank Brigadier General, Quartermaster Corps. Vestryman St. 
John's Church, Washington, D. C. Avocation, Sculling. Married at St. Thomas 
Church, New York City, June 2, 1887, Kate Huntington Morgan, daughter of 
of Rev. Dr. William F. Morgan and Catherine Trowbridge Morgan. No children. 
Relatives among Rutgers Alumni : Jonathan L. Hasbrouck, James L. Hasbrouck, 
Thomas L. Hasbrouck, above sons of Abram Bruyn Hasbrouck, former President 
of Rutgers College. Books written by him: "Art of Subsisting Armies in War," 
1893 ; Gold Medal Prize Essay Military Service Institution, 1895, entitled "Art 
of Supplying Armies in the Field as exemplified during the Civil War," "The Pro- 
visioning of the Modern Army in the Field." 1905, 1st Edition. Has advocated 
for over 20 years the creation of a Supply Department by the consolidation of the 
Commissary and Pay Department as Commissar}' General in 1911 and 1912. 
Materially assisted in the establishment of the Quartermaster Corps (the name 
given in Supply Department in 1912). 

21 



Class of i8/p 
OTIS D. STEWART. 

SON of Edmund Stewart, who kept a hat store in New Brunswick for many 
years. Born probably in New Brunswick in 1859 or '60. Attended public 
schools of his native city and prepared for college in the Rat Trap with other 
members of our class. Entered college with Class of '79 and continued with them 
during Freshman year, 1875 ( 1876 ) . Continued with Class of '80 until leaving 
college. Member of the Philoclean Literary Society. Went west soon after 
leaving college, and for twenty-five years has more or less drifted from one place 
to another. At present writing his address is not known. 




22 



SCIENTIFIC SECTION 



CONDICT WALKER CUTLER. 
135 West 76th Street, New York City. 

SON of Hon. Augustus W. Cutler, Lawyer, State Senator and Congressman, 
and Julia Rebecca Walker. Paternal ancestry had military careers in King 
Philip's and Revolutionary \A'ars. Maternal ancestor was Peregus White, Pilgrim 
Father, who landed from the "Mayflower". Born at Morrisown, N. J., Feb. 27, 
1859. Attended private and public schools before entering college. During col- 
lege was President and Historian of Scientific Section of Class '79, a member of 
Zeta Psi, and after graduation a Phi Beta Kappa man. Took course in College 
of Physicians and Surgeons, and graduated in 1882. Has resided in New York 
City since and practised as physician and diagnostician. B. S. '79, Rutgers ; 
M. S., M. D., Columbia, 1882, taking also the First Harsen Prize, Columbia, 1882. 
Has held many important offices. President New York Dermatological Society, 
1893 ; Prof. Dermatology, University of New York, 1892-95 ; Physician-in-Chief 
New York Dispensary 1888-1902 ; Visiting Physician Randalls Island Hospital, 
1898. Member of Reformed Church. Independent in politics. Married Cora 
Carpenter in New York City, 1885. Children : Condict Walker Cutler, 'Jr.. 
Aug. 9, 1888, Relatives among Alumni : Willard Walker Cutler and Frederick 
Walker Cutler, Has written many medical works : "Differential Medical Dia- 
gnosis," Putnam's Sons, 1886; "Differential Diagnosis of the Diseases of Skin," 
Putnam's Sons, 1890; "Essentials of Physics and Chemistry," Putnam's Sons, 
1885 ; "Lectures on Dermatology," Putnam's Sons, 1894. Has held many honored 
positions : Fellow of New York Academy of Medicine, Member of New York 
County Medical Society, Hospital Graduates Club. Alumni Bellevue Hospital 
Society, Trustee of N, Y, Dispensary, Physician to Davis School for Crippled 
Children, and Medical Advisor to Board of Foreign Missions. R. C..A. 

GEORGE HILL. 
Bleecker Place, New Brunswick, New Jersey. 

SON of William Richard Hill, a native of England, who upon residence in this 
country was largely engaged in hardware business, and Jane Elizabeth Par- 
sell, of an old New Brunswick family. Born February 3, 1861, in New York City. 
When a boy, came to live in New Brunswick, where he attended the Rutgers Gram- 
mar School and entered college in 1875 with the Class of "79. In college a member 
of the Champion Boat Crew of the college, defeating Stevens, Raritan Boat Club, 
and Perth Amboy Clubs. Fraternity Alpha Sigma Phi, consolidated later with 
Beta Theta Phi. Degrees : Master of Science and Civil Engineer. Postgraduate 

21 



Class of i8/9 

studies in engineering at Stevens. In business as Consulting Engineer in New 
York City, wliere he has been engaged upon many important buildings in Greater 
New York. Episcopalian. Independent in politics. Married Nina Johnson, 
daughter of Oscar Johnson, Jr., and Sarah Lefferts Cowenhoven. Daughter Nina 
Johnson Hill. Rutgers Alumni Relative: Frederick P. Hill, 1883. 

FRANKLIN MARSH. 
Rahway, New Jersey. 

SON of David Coddington Marsh, Farmer in early life, Merchant in later, a 
descendant of Samuel Marsh, who took the oath of allegiance at New 
Haven in 1647 and was a member of the 80 associates who founded Elizabeth- 
town in 1665, the first English settlement in New Jersey, who came from Brain- 
tree, North East of London, England, and Sarah Jane Trembley, descendant of 
Jean Tranbles, a French Huguenot, who came to Elizabethtown prior to 1700, 
and after whom Tremley Point is named. Born at San Francisco, Cal., March 3, 
1856, Marsh resided at San Francisco, Cal., Linden, N. J., and Rahway, N. J. 
Prepared for college in Rahway Public School and St. John's Institute. Entered 
with class and graduated in course. Class President Freshman year and Editor 
of Targum one year. Has resided in Rahway since graduation. In 1879 was 
chemist making analyses for Prof. Peter Austin, who was Chief Chemist for 
State Board of Agriculture, and said analyses being published in the report of the 
State Board with recognition. Spent 1881 as Assistant Engineer in Mexico of 
the Mexican National Railroad. City Clerk of Rahway from 1882-1887 ; City 
Surveyor 1882-1892; Civil Engineer of the City of Rahway 1885-1892; Clerk to 
Commissioners of Adjustment of the City of Rahway 1889-1892; City Surveyor 
1903 to date. Past Master of Lafayette Lodge, F. & A. M., 1910; Life member 
of the Grand Lodge of the B. P. O. E. Married Aug. 3, 1882, at Rahway, Mary 
Ella Tappan, daughter of William W. Tappan and Emily Harned. Children : 
Lucretia, Aug. 2, 1884, died Dec. 26, 1900; Emily, T., Dec. 27, 1885. Relatives 
among Rutgers Alumni: John Osborn Marsh, 1912 (nephew). 

TADANARI MATSDAIRA. 
Deceased. 

WAS born in Uyeda, in Shinano, and by hereditary succession became daimio, 
or territorial feudal ruler of his province. He retired to private life in 
1871, after the abolition of the feudal system. He entered Rutgers College, tak- 
ing the full scientific course. He was Poet of the Scientific Section of the Fresh- 
man class, a member of Philo ; Secretary of the vScientific Section of the Senior 
class ; and a member of the Rutgers College Branch of the American Bible So- 
ciety. Soon after graduation in 1879 he sailed for Tokio, Japan. He married the 
daughter of Mr. William Sampson, the well-known bookseller in New Brunswick. 

24 



Scientific Section 

Two sons were born of the union, one of whom was in Washington, D.C., recently, 
and the other is an officer in Manila, P. I. In 1881 he was Governor of a province 
in Japan. Under the peerage regulations promulgated by the Mikado in 1884, he 
was made viscount and was for a time an officer in the Department of Foreign 
Afifairs. Especially interested in the advancement of education in his old province, 
he gave money in considerable sums for this purpose. He died in St. Louis, Mo., 
some years ago. 

JONATHAN BRUEN MILLER. 
* July 3, 1887. 

MR. MILLER was born October 4th, 1858. He was the son of the late E. N. 
Miller of Newark, N. Ja and had always lived in that city. He was always 
popular and had a large circle of intimate friends. Possessed of unusual talents, 
he was chiefly distinguished for his literary ability and his knowledge of mathe- 
matical subjects. As a mathematician, he was known as the inventor of a new 
curve, by means of which he formulated a rule for tri-secting an angle. Llis 
article on the subject, originally published in Van Nostrand's Magazine, has been 
incorporated in some of the latest mathematical text-books, and solves a problem 
which had long been considered impossible. Mr. Miller also invented a new 
method of multiplication and division, by which the ordinary processes may be 
shortened. Mr. Miller was at one time on the editorial staff of the New York 
Independent, and left there to become editor of the American Railroad Journal. 
Both positions he tilled with marked success. Although during his last few years 
ill-health prevented his accepting any steady employment, he contributed articles 
from time to time to various publications. He died at Newton, N. J., where he 
had gone for the benefit of his health, on Sunday, July 3rd, 1887. He left a wife, 
the daughter of J. Lawrence Boggs, of Perth Amboy, N. J., two brothers and a 
sister. 

ALFRED BERRY NELSON. 
Bernardsville, New Jersey. 

SON of John Nelson, Lumber Merchant and Farmer, and Sarah D. Line, whose 
maternal ancestors settled in New Jersey as early as 1665. Born at Stan- 
hope, N. J., June 21, 1859. Lived at Stanhope and Piscataway Township before 
entering college. Prepared at Rutgers Grammar School. Bradley Mathematical 
Prize and First Prize in Natural Science. Phi Beta Kappa. Graduated in 79 
at Rutgers with B. S.,, M. S. three years later, C. E. in 1910. Residences since 
graduation too numerous to mention, occupation being Civil Engineer. Worked 
from Maine to Minnesota, and south as far as Mississippi. For eight years Engin- 
eer for Penn.R.R., and identified with much of the electric railway development in 
New Jersey. At present Chief Engineer of Pennsylvania and New Jersey R. R. 
office at Bernardsville, N. J. Born a Quaker, now a member of the Methodist 

25 



Class of i8yp 

Episcopal Church.. Married Sept. 4, 1884, at Passaic, N. J., Georgie McG. Win- 
ner, daughter of Rev. John Ogden Winner and Sarah Taylor, daughter of Moses 
Taylor of New York. Children: Henry Wade, July 12, 1886; Marguerite, Sep- 
tember, 1887; Helene, 1891; Nina Louise, 1896; Theo Emma, 1898. Relatives 
among Rutgers Alumni: Brother, William J. Nelson, M. D., '77; Nephews, John 
Irving Nelson, '04, and Walter E. Nelson, '07. 



FRANCIS AUGUSTUS WILBER. 
* May 25, 1891. 

SON of Julius Nelson Wilber, a Farmer and a man of influence where he lived, 
actively interested in the Congregational Chujch, serving as Deacon, also in 
all educational matters, and Matilda Bruismaid. Born at Alto, Wisconsin, Nov. 
23, 1851. Resided before entering college at Alto, Wisconsin; Sterling, Illinois, 
Plymouth, Nebraska, and Parsippany, New Jersey. Prepared for Unversity of 
Michigan at Grand Rapids, but ill health prevented his entering. Private instruc- 
tion with Prof. F. N. Benedict, L. L. D., ex-Professor in University of Michigan, 
in higher mathematics, and was fitted for Civil Engineer. Taught District School 
in Missouri and private classes in New Jersey. Also kept a store and was post- 
master at Plymouth, Kansas. Entered Rutgers in Class of '79 in Senior year and 
graduated with the class. Took Bowser Prize for best thesis. Charter member 
of Alpha Rho of Chi Psi Fraternity. Phi Beta Kappa, B. C, M. S. degrees. 
After graduation became Laboratory Assistant in Rutgers, later Adjunct Pro- 
fessor in Chemistry, and at the time of his death was full Professor in Chemistry 
in his Alma Mater. Served several terms as Deacon in Second Reformed Church, 
New Brunswick, and was also President of the Y. M. C. A. of the city, and also 
President of the New Jersey State Board Y. M. C. A., and served as Secretary of 
the Edison Electric Light Company, New Brunswick. Republican in politics. 
His avocation was gunning. In youth he united with the Congregational Church, 
later transferred his membership to the Presbyterian Church, and during his life 
in New Brunswick was a member of the Reformed Church. His early death May 
25, 1891, closed a life of rich promise, of religious leadership and professional 
ability. Married at Hanover, New Jersey, December 28, 1880, Laura Birge 
Parker, daughter of Rev. Charles Carrol Parker and Elizabeth Fleming. His 
children, Charles Parker Wilber, born October 23, 1883, Rutgers 1905 ; Francis 
Edmond Wilber, born Dec. 9, 1884, Rutgers 1905; Mary Charlotte. Aug. — . 1887, 
died in infancy; Laura Elizabeth Wilber, born April 4, 1889, Smith 1911. Prof. 
Wilber contributed to many scientific publications and was a member of the 
American Association for the Advancement of Science. V^ery generallv allied 
with the athletic and other boards of Rutgers College while Professor, and a 
member of the Citv Board of Trade. 



26 



SCIENTIFIC NON-GRADUATES 



JESSE HAGEMAN BEEKMAN. 
Sayreville. New Jersey. 

SON of John Beekman, retired Farmer, and Sarah Elizabeth Manley. Born at 
Griggstown, Somerset County, New Jersey, September 17, 1855. When two 
years old, his parents moved to New Brunswick, N. J., and resided there until 
college course was finished. Attended Rutgers Grammar School and entered 
college with Class of '79 and graduated as Chemist in special course. Took 
medical course at Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Chicago, 111., and 
has practised as physician and surgeon at Sayreville, New Jersey. Methodist in 
church connection. Republican in politics. Married at Freehold, New Jersey, 
1885, Anna B. Croxson. Children: Mabel C. Beekman, 1886; J. Harold Beek- 
man, 1889. Relatives among Rutgers Alumni: J. Harold Beekman, '11, son; 
John R. Manley, '74; Rev. DeWitt B. Wyckoff, '62; Carnelius E. Wyckoff, '88; 
Rev. John Manley, '28. 

GEORGE ALBERT DE BAUN. 
* May 23, 1906. 

SON of John T. De Baun, was born at Saddle River, N. J., February 11th, 
1856. His preparatory studies were pursued at Suffern, New York, 
and in the Grammar School at New Brunswick, N. J. He entered the 
Scientific Section of the Freshman Class at Rutgers, in September, 1875. but in the 
spring of 1877 he was compelled to leave college by ill health. Later he taught 
school at Saddle River, Ridgewood, Midland Park, and Fair Lawn, N. J. Re- 
moving to Paterson, he became associated with Mr.' VV. H. Yeomans in the New 
Jersey Blind Company, a business in which he continued until his death. Mr. De 
Baun was for many years a deacon and later an elder of the Riverside Reformed 
Church of Paterson, and was Superintendent of the Sunday School. In 1878 he 
married Miss Sarah Elizabeth Banta of Spring Valley, N. Y. His wife and four 
children survive him. Mr. De Baun died May 23rd. 1906. 

FRANK M. DONOHUE. 
Albany Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey. 

SON of James Donohue and Jane Reynolds. Born at New Brunswick, N. J., 
Aug. 17, 1859, and has resided there since. Graduated with Class of '79, 
having taken collegiate training also at St. Francis Xavier College, N. Y. City. 
Took medical course at New York University and returned to New Brunswick, 

27 



Class of i8yp. 

where he has practised as a surgeon with great success. Visiting Physician to 
St. Peter's Hospital, New Brunswick, and to the Middlesex General Hospital, 
Consulting Surgeon to Somerset Hospital, \"ice-President and Director of 
People's National Bank, Director of New Brunswick Trust Co., Member of the • 
Board of Managers of New Brunswick Savings Institution, Commissioner of the 
Sinking Fund of the City of New Brunswick, President of the Middlesex County 
Medical Society, President of the Board of Trustees State Home for Boys, 
Jamesburg, N. J. Roman Catholic. Independent in politics.. Avocation, Horse- 
back Riding, Golf, Farming. Married in 1884 at New Brunswick, N. J-, Eliza- 
beth Buttler, daughter of George Buttler and Harriet Buttler. Children : Mary 
B. Donohue, 1886; Elizabeth H. Donohue, 1898; Frank M. Donohue, 1900. 
Read various papers before State and County Medical Societies. 

PRESLEY THORNTON JENKINS. 

WAS a member of Chi Phi Fraternity ; Peithessophian Literary Society ; Var- 
sity Baseball Team, Freshman year ; Class Baseball Team, Freshman year ; 
Director of Varsity Football Team ; Vice-President of Scientific Section, Fresh- 
man Class. Attended Rutgers 1875-76. In 1881, as a Lieutenant in the United- 
States Army, he was transferred from the frontier in Philadelphia quarters. In 
1886 he was stationed at Washington, D. C. A\'as sergeant of the United States 
.Signal Corps in charge of the Weather Bureau, at Cincinnati, Ohio. 

HIRAM ABIFF MAYNARD. 
52 West 89th Street, New York City. 

ATTENDING Rutgers 1875-1876, he was a member of Chi Phi Fraternity; 
Secretary of the Scientific Section of the Freshman class ; a member of Pei- 
thessophian Literary Society ; on the varsity baseball team, Freshman year ; class 
baseball team. Freshman and Junior years ; and a sub on the varsity football team, 
Freshriian year. After leaving college became a merchant in New York City, re- 
siding at Fanwood, N. J. 

WILLIAM APPLETON PAIGE. 
Deceased. 



A 



T Rutgers 1875-1876. Member of Peithessophian Literary Society, 

^^TLLIAM RUNYON STANBERRY. 
January 2, 1906. 



SON of William C. Stanberry, a Farmer, and a most estimable man of Scotch 
Plains, New Jersey, and Mar}' Runyon, a sister of the late Theodore 
Runyon, Chancellor of New Jersey and Ambassador to Germany. Born at Scotch 
Plains in 1858 or 1859, he spent his boyhood schooldays there, and entered 

28 



Scientific Non-Graduates 

Rutgers with the Class of '79. In college he was a director of both the Athletic 
and Targum Associations. Member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. He left college in 
his Junior year and entered business first in photography work and later became 
the largest stockholder and manager of the Watchung Silk Mill of Plainfield. In 
politics he was a Democrat'of a family of Democrats, and took prominent part in 
his party's interests in Union County and the State of New Jersey. Married at 
Scotch Plains, New Jersey, Miss. Field, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. 
Field. Only child William T. Stanberry, who died in 1915. 

JAMES POLHEMUS VAN WYCK. 
* June 18, 1910. 

SON of Rev. Polhemus Van Wyck, Rutgers "43, and Sarah Augusta Rowley. 
Born at Northumberland, New York, January 20, 1856. Resided besides 
his birthplace at West Farms, New York, and Hudson, New York. Prepared for 
college at Hudson Academy and Williston Seminary. Entered with Class of '79, 
and after an attack of typhoid fever left college in the Freshman year. Fraternity 
Delta Phi. After leaving college, resided at Hudson, New York, where he owned 
a jewelry store and later conducted a coal business, and as an avocation made a 
large collection of antiques, which he gathered from old families both in New 
York and the Berkshires. He served in the Consistory of the Reformed Church 
in Hudson. Married Anna Bogardus, daughter of Abram and Helen Ten Broek 
Bogardus. His children are: Helen (Van Wyck) Williamson. March 12, 1879, 
and Augusta Polhemus Van Wyck, June 15, 1884. 

EUGENE SPENCER VEGHTE. 
Bound Brook, New Jersey. 

SON of J. Tenbroeck Veghte and Mary G. Van Nortwick. Born at New 
Brunswick, Nov. 27, 1856. Prepared for college at Rutgers Grammar 
School. Spent two years with the Class of '79. Resided in New Brunswick 
until 1910, and now resides in Bound Brook. Accountant and Bank Clerk. 
Presbyterian in church connection. Republican in politics. Married F. Lillian 
Belding, daughter of Putry Belding and Mary Goltra. Children : Leroy B. 
Veghte, 1893 ; and Earle W. Veghte, 1897, died 1913. 



29 



LIBRARV OF CONGRESS 



028 333 991 9 



